Eat, smoke, and drink protective face mask

ABSTRACT

A face mask is provided. The face mask includes a mask base and a mouth piece. The mask base includes two outer layers. The two outer layers include a first outer layer and a second outer layer. The mask base further includes one or more inner layers. The mask base further includes one or more first fastening elements attached to the mask base and two earpieces attached to the mask base. The mouth piece includes two external layers and one or more internal layers. The two external layers include a first external layer and a second external layer. The mouth piece further includes one or more second fastening elements attached to the mouth piece. The mouth piece is connected to the mask base by joining the one or more second fastening elements to the one or more first fastening elements.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure generally relates to the field of personal protectiveequipment. More particularly, this disclosure relates to protective facemasks for preventing the spread of disease.

BACKGROUND

Nowadays, face masks are a necessary means of individual protection andprevention against the spread of disease. In a pandemic, people can berequired to wear masks in many situations to reduce the spread ofinfection. However, this results in many inconveniences for wearers, forexample, people may not be able to eat or drink without running a riskof getting infected. Other inconveniences of wearing masks may includefogged glasses. Most conventional masks do not have means of addressingthese inconveniences. Moreover, conventional masks do not provide for atight fit, leaving gaps for the virus to penetrate.

SUMMARY

This section introduces a selection of concepts in a simplified formthat are further described in the Detailed Description section, below.This summary does not identify key or essential features of the claimedsubject matter and is not intended to be an aid in determining the scopeof the claimed subject matter.

According to one approach of the present disclosure, a face mask with aremovable mouth piece is provided. The face mask includes a mask baseand the mouth piece. The mask base has an aperture in the middle portionof the mask base. The mask base includes two outer layers including afirst outer layer and a second outer layer. The mask base furtherincludes one or more inner layers disposed between the first outer layerand the second outer layer. The face mask further includes one or morefirst fastening elements attached to the mask base. The face maskfurther has two earpieces attached to the mask base. The mouth pieceincludes two external layers including a first external layer and asecond external layer. The mouth piece further has one or more internallayers disposed between the first external layer and the second externallayer. The face mask further includes one or more second fasteningelements attached to the mouth piece. The mouth piece is connected tothe mask base by joining the one or more second fastening elements tothe one or more first fastening elements.

According to another approach of the present disclosure, a face maskwith a partially removable mouth piece is provided. The face maskincludes a mask base and the mouth piece. The mask base has an aperturein its middle portion. The mask base includes two outer layers includinga first outer layer and a second outer layer. The mask base furtherincludes one or more inner layers disposed between the first outer layerand the second outer layer. The face mask further includes one or morefirst fastening elements attached to the mask base. The face maskfurther has two earpieces attached to the mask base. The mouth pieceincludes two external layers including a first external layer and asecond external layer. The mouth piece further includes one or moreinternal layers disposed between the first external layer and the secondexternal layer. The face mask further includes one or more secondfastening elements attached to the mouth piece. The mouth piece has afirst edge permanently attached to the mask base. The mouth piecefurther has a second edge connected to the mask base by joining the oneor more second fastening elements to the one or more first fasteningelements.

Other example embodiments of the disclosure and aspects will becomeapparent from the following description taken in conjunction with thefollowing drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in thefigures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicatesimilar elements.

FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a face mask with a mouth piecein a detached position, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 2 shows a front perspective view of a face mask with a mouth piecein an attached position, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing elements of a face mask, accordingto an example embodiment

FIG. 4 shows a front perspective view of a face mask having a mask baseand a mouth piece, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a front perspective view of a face mask having a mask baseand a mouth piece, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 6 shows a front perspective view of a face mask with a mouth piecein a rolled position, according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows a front perspective view of a face mask including apartially removable mouth piece in an attached position, according to anexample embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows a front perspective view of a face mask including apartially removable mouth piece in a partially detached position,according to an example embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description of embodiments includes references tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of the detaileddescription. Approaches described in this section are not prior art tothe claims and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in thissection. The drawings show illustrations in accordance with exampleembodiments. These example embodiments, which are also referred toherein as “examples,” are described in enough detail to enable thoseskilled in the art to practice the present subject matter. Theembodiments can be combined, other embodiments can be utilized, orstructural, logical, and operational changes can be made withoutdeparting from the scope of what is claimed. The following detaileddescription is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and thescope is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

According to an example embodiment, a face mask with a mouth piece isprovided. The face mask may include a mask base having an aperture inits middle portion. The mask base may include two outer layers,specifically, a first outer layer and a second outer layer. The maskbase may further include one or more inner layers placed between thefirst outer layer and the second outer layer. The face mask may furtherinclude one or more fastening elements attached to the mask base, suchas Velcro elements. The face mask may further have two earpiecesattached to the mask base.

The face mask may further include the mouth piece. The mouth piece mayinclude two external layers, specifically, a first external layer and asecond external layer. The mouth piece may further include one or moreinternal layers placed between the first external layer and the secondexternal layer. The mouth piece may have one or more fastening elements,such as Velcro elements, attached to the mouth piece.

The mouth piece may be configured to connect to the mask base.Specifically, the fastening elements attached to one surface of themouth piece may be configured to connect to fastening elements of themask base. When connected to the mask base, the mouth piece may coverthe aperture in the mask base. When the mouth piece is detached from themask base, the aperture in the mask base can be opened to allowdrinking, eating, and smoking while the mask is still worn by a user.

Therefore, the user would not need to take off the face mask completely,but only to detach the mouth piece from the mask base. When the mouthpiece is detached from the mask base, the user may still have their nosecovered with the mask face and thus protected from exhaling viruses.Furthermore, the mouth piece can be detached only by pulling the mouthpiece itself without the need for the user to touch the mask base. Thus,the user can avoid contaminating the mask base that covers their noseand filters the air entering the nose.

The face mask may further have two secure bands placed between the firstouter layer and the second outer layer of the mask base. A first secureband may secure a portion above the aperture of the mask base, and asecond secure band may secure a portion below the aperture of the maskbase. Therefore, when the mouth piece is detached from the mask base,the secure bands press the mask base tightly onto the face and protectthe nose from inhaling the unfiltered air.

In an example embodiment, one edge of the mouth piece may be permanentlyattached to the mask base. The other edge of the mouth piece may havefastening elements attachable to the fastening elements of the maskbase. When a user wishes to consume food or beverages, the user candetach one edge of the mouth piece from the face mask. Upon detachingone edge, the other edge of the mouth piece remains connected to themask base. Therefore, the user would not lose the mouth piece. The facemask with a partially attached mouth piece can be used by children iftheir parents are concerned with the children losing their mouth piece.

The face mask may further include a nose bridge placed inside the maskbase between the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The nosebridge can be used to accommodate glasses in order to repel moistureexhaled by the user from the glasses and to protect the glasses fromfogging up.

In an example embodiment, the face mask can be used by hearing-impairedpeople. In this embodiment, the two external layers and the one or moreinternal layers of the mouth piece can be made of a transparent materialto help the hearing-impaired people see mouth articulation and betterunderstand the speaker.

In some example embodiments, the face mask is disposable. Materials usedfor single-use face masks may include polyester, polypropylene,polyethylene, polycarbonate, and any other materials applicable forsingle use. In other example embodiments, the face mask is reusable.Materials used for reusable face masks may include hand- and/ormachine-washable materials, such as fabrics, cotton, cotton blends,polymers, and so forth.

Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view 100of a face mask 101, according to an example embodiment. The face mask101 may include a mask base 105 and a mouth piece 135. The mask base 105may have an aperture 110 positioned approximately in the middle of themask base 105. The mask base 105 may include two outer layers 115,specifically, a first outer layer 116 and a second outer layer 117. Themask base 105 may further include one or more inner layers 120 disposedbetween the first outer layer 116 and the second outer layer 117.

The first outer layer 116, the one or more inner layers 120, and thesecond outer layer 117 may be joined together by means of sewing,stitching, sealing, gluing, and any other joining techniques. Forexample, the one or more inner layers 120 may be placed onto the firstouter layer 116, and the second outer layer 117 may be placed onto theone or more inner layers 120. This multilayer structure may be stitchedtogether. For example, the stitching can be carried out along theperimeter of the multilayer structure of the mask base 105.

The face mask 101 may further include one or more first fasteningelements 125 attached to the mask base 105. Specifically, one of thefirst fastening elements 125 can be placed on the left of the aperture110, and another of the first fastening elements 125 can be placed onthe right of the aperture 110.

The first outer layer 116 may act as a front side of the face mask 101.The second outer layer 117 may act as a back side of the face mask 101and can be used to contact the face of the user. The front side can faceoutwards with respect to the face of the user. The one or more firstfastening elements 125 can be attached to the first outer layer 116. Theface mask 101 may not be reversible, i.e., only the second outer layer117 can contact the face.

The face mask 101 may additionally include two earpieces 130 attached tothe mask base 105. For example, two earpieces 130 can be stitched tocorners of the mask base 105. Earpieces 130 can be made of natural orsynthetic flexible materials, such as an elastic, rope, rubber, fabric,and so forth. To fix the face mask 101 on the face, the user may placeearpieces 130 behind their ears.

The mouth piece 135 can include two external layers 140, specifically, afirst external layer 141 and a second external layer 142. The mouthpiece 135 may further include one or more internal layers 145 disposedbetween the first external layer 141 and the second external layer 142.

The two external layers 140 and the one or more internal layers 145 canbe joined together by means of sewing, stitching, sealing, gluing, andso forth. For example, the one or more internal layers 145 can be placedonto the first external layer 141, and the second external layer 142 canbe placed onto the or more internal layers 145. This multilayerstructure can be stitched together. For example, the stitching can becarried out along the perimeter of the multilayer structure of the mouthpiece 135.

The face mask 101 may further include one or more second fasteningelements 150 attached to the mouth piece 135. Specifically, one of thesecond fastening elements 150 can be placed closer to one edge of themouth piece 135, and another of the second fastening elements 150 can beplaced closer to another edge of the mouth piece 135. The distancebetween the second fastening elements 150 of the mouth piece 135 may beapproximately equal to the distance between the first fastening elements125 of the mask base 105.

The first external layer 141 may act as the front side of the mouthpiece 135. The second external layer 142 may act as the back side of themouth piece 135 and used to contact the face of a user. The front sidecan face outwards with respect to the face of the user. The one or moresecond fastening elements 150 may be attached to the second externallayer 142. The mouth piece 135 can connect to the mask base 105 byjoining the one or more second fastening elements 150 of the mouth piece135 to the one or more first fastening elements 125 of the mask base105. Therefore, the mouth piece 135 is a removable component of the facemask 101. FIG. 1 shows the face mask 101 with the mouth piece 135 in aposition detached from the mask base 105.

The face mask 101 may further include a first secure band 155 and asecond secure band 160. The first secure band 155 and second secure band160 may be disposed between the first outer layer 116 and the secondouter layer 117 of the mask base 105. Specifically, the first secureband 155 may be disposed in a portion above the aperture 110 of the maskbase 105 and the second secure band 160 may be disposed in a portionbelow the aperture 110 of the mask base 105. The first secure band 155and second secure band 160 may be made of a flexible material that canrestore its structure after being bent. For example, the first secureband 155 and second secure band 160 may be made of a wire, a polymer,and so forth. The first secure band 155 disposed above the aperture 110may press the mask base 105 tightly onto the face in a portion under thenose. Therefore, when the mouth piece 135 is detached from the mask base105, the first secure band 155 may protect the nose from inhaling theair unfiltered by the mask base 105. Similarly, the second secure band160 disposed below the aperture 110 may press the mask base 105 tightlyonto the face under the chin. Therefore, when the mouth piece 135 isattached to the mask base 105, the second secure band 160 may protectthe mouth from inhaling the air unfiltered by the mask base 105.

The face mask 101 may further include a nose bridge 165. The nose bridge165 may be attached to the mask base 105 and can be displaced under thefirst outer layer 116. The nose bridge 165 can be fixed inside the maskbase 105 by means of sewing, sealing, gluing, and so forth. The nosebridge 165 may be of a predetermined shape to accommodate glasses inorder to repel moisture exhaled by a user from the glasses and toprotect the glasses from fogging up.

FIG. 2 shows a front perspective view 200 of a face mask 101 of FIG. 1with a mouth piece 135 in a position attached to a mask base 105,according to an example embodiment. The mouth piece 135 may beconfigured to cover the aperture 110 when the mouth piece 135 isconnected to the mask base 105. The aperture 110 may be selected fromone or more of the following shapes: an elliptic aperture, a roundaperture, a square aperture, a rectangular aperture, and so forth. Eachof the mask base 105 and the mouth piece 135 may have any of arectangular, square, oval, tapered, and any other applicable shape.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram 300 showing elements of a face mask,according to an example embodiment. The face mask may have a mask baseand a mouth piece. The mask base may include two outer layers and one ormore inner layers 120. The two outer layers may include a first outerlayer 116 and a second outer layer 117. The one or more inner layers 120may be disposed between the first outer layer 116 and the second outerlayer 117.

The mouth piece may include two external layers and one or more internallayers 145. The two external layers may include a first external layer141 and a second external layer 142. The one or more internal layers 145may be disposed between the first external layer 141 and the secondexternal layer 142.

The first outer layer 116, the second outer layer 117, the firstexternal layer 141, and the second external layer 142 may be made of afabric, neoprene, or some other disposable materials. The material ofthe first outer layer 116, the second outer layer 117, the firstexternal layer 141, and the second external layer 142 may be breathable.Similarly, the one or more inner layers 120 and the one or more internallayers 145 may be breathable. The one or more inner layers 120 and theone or more internal layers 145 may be made of a fabric, neoprene,disposable materials, or non-woven plastic materials such aspolypropylene, spunbond, or meltblown.

The face mask may further include one or more first fastening elements125 configured to attach to the mask base. In particular, the one ormore first fastening elements 125 may be configured to attach to thefirst outer layer 116 of the mask base. The one or more first fasteningelements 125 may include Velcro elements. The one or more firstfastening elements 125 can be made of flexible materials to fit theface.

The face mask may additionally include two earpieces 130 configured tobe attached to the mask base. In particular, ends of the two earpieces130 can be placed between the first outer layer 116 and the second outerlayer 117, and stitched to the mask base.

In an example embodiment, the first external layer 141, the secondexternal layer 142, and one or more internal layers 145 of the mouthpiece can be made of a transparent material. Example transparentmaterials can include polypropylene, a polymer membrane, a polymer,nylon, an organic material, a film, and so forth. Making the mouth piecetransparent may help hearing-impaired people to see mouth articulationand better understand the speaker.

The face mask may further include one or more second fastening elements150 attached to the mouth piece. In particular, the one or more secondfastening elements 150 may be configured to be attached to the secondexternal layer 142 of the mouth piece. The one or more second fasteningelements 150 may include Velcro elements. The one or more secondfastening elements 150 may be made of flexible materials to fit theface.

The face mask may further include a first secure band 155 and a secondsecure band 160. The first secure band 155 may secure a portion abovethe aperture 110 of the mask base 105 to the face and the second secureband 160 may secure a portion below the aperture 110 of the mask base105 to the face. The first secure band 155 and the second secure band160 may be made of plastic or metal materials.

The face mask may further include a nose bridge 165. The nose bridge 165may be secured inside the mask base and placed under the first outerlayer 116. The nose bridge 165 may be fixed to the mask base by means ofsewing, stitching, gluing, and so forth. The nose bridge 165 can beconfigured to accommodate glasses in order to repel moisture exhaled bya user from the glasses to protect the glasses from fogging up.

FIG. 4 shows a front perspective view 400 of a face mask 101, accordingto an example embodiment. The face mask 101 may include a mask base 105and a mouth piece 135. The mask base 105 may have an aperture 110 in themiddle. The mask base 105 may include two outer layers 115 including afirst outer layer 116 and a second outer layer 117. The mask base 105may further include one or more inner layers 120 disposed between thefirst outer layer 116 and the second outer layer 117.

The face mask 101 may further include first fastening elements 125attached to the mask base. FIG. 4 shows four first fastening elements125. Specifically, two of first fastening elements 125 may be placed onthe left of the aperture 110, and another two of the first fasteningelements 125 may be placed on the right of the aperture 110.

The face mask 101 may additionally include two earpieces 130 attached tothe mask base 105. In particular, ends of the two earpieces 130 may beplaced between the first outer layer 116 and the second outer layer 117and stitched to the mask base 105.

The mouth piece 135 may include two external layers 140. The twoexternal layers 140 may include a first external layer 141 and a secondexternal layer 142. The mouth piece 135 may further include one or moreinternal layers 145. The one or more internal layers 145 may be disposedbetween the first external layer 141 and the second external layer 142.

The two outer layers 120, the one or more inner layers 115, the twoexternal layers 140, and the one or more internal layers 145 may be madeof materials compliant with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) requirements.

The face mask 101 may further include second fastening elements 150attached to the mouth piece 135. FIG. 4 shows four second fasteningelements 150. Specifically, two of the second fastening elements 150 canbe placed closer to one edge of the mouth piece 135, and another two ofthe second fastening elements 150 can be placed closer to another edgeof the mouth piece 135. The distance between the second fasteningelements 150 on edges of the mouth piece 135 can be approximately equalto the distance between the first fastening elements 125 on sides of theaperture of the mask base 105.

The mouth piece 135 can be configured to connect to the mask base byjoining the second fastening elements 150 mouth piece 135 to the firstfastening elements 125 of the mask base 105. In an example embodiment,the first fastening elements 125 and the second fastening elements 150may include Velcro elements. In other example embodiments, the firstfastening elements 125 and the second fastening elements 150 may includebuttons, snap closures, and so forth.

The face mask 101 may further include a first secure band 155 and asecond secure band 160. The first secure band 155 and second secure band160 may be disposed between the first outer layer 116 and the secondouter layer 117 of the mask base 105. The first secure band 155 maysecure a portion above the aperture 110 of the mask base 105 to the faceand the second secure band 160 may secure a portion below the aperture110 of the mask base 105 to the face.

The face mask 101 may further include a nose bridge 165. The nose bridge165 may be secured inside the mask base 105 and placed under the firstouter layer 116. The nose bridge 165 may be fixed in the mask base 105by means of sewing, stitching, gluing, and so forth.

FIG. 5 shows a front perspective view 500 of a face mask 101 including amask base 105 and a mouth piece 135, according to an example embodiment.The mouth piece 135 may have the width that is shorter than the width ofthe mask base 105. The mask base 105 may have an aperture 110 in themiddle of the mask base 105. The face mask 101 may further include oneor more first fastening elements 125 attached to the mask base 105. Theface mask 101 may additionally include two earpieces 130 attached to themask base 105.

The face mask 101 may further include one or more second fasteningelements 150 attached to the mouth piece 135. The mouth piece 135 may beconfigured to connect to the mask base 105 by joining the one or moresecond fastening elements 150 to the one or more first fasteningelements 125.

FIG. 6 shows a front perspective view 600 of a face mask 101 including amask base 105 and a mouth piece 135, according to an example embodiment.The mask base 105 may have an aperture 110 in the middle. The face mask101 may further include two earpieces 130 attached to the mask base 105.

The face mask 101 may further include one or more first fasteningelements 605 and 610 attached to the mask base 105. The face mask 101may further include one or more second fastening elements 615 and 620attached to the mouth piece 135. The mouth piece 135 may be configuredto connect to the mask base 105 by joining the one or more secondfastening elements 615 and 620 of the mouth piece 135 to the one or morefirst fastening elements 605 and 610 of the mask base 105.

The mouth piece 135 may be rolled up and attached to the mask base 105.Specifically, the second fastening element 615 may be attached to thefirst fastening element 610 and the second fastening element 620 may beattached to the first fastening element 605. When the user wishes topartially detach the mouth piece 135 from the mask 105, the user candetach the second fastening element 615 of the mouth piece 135 from thefirst fastening element 610 of the mask base 105 and roll the mouthpiece 135 in a direction towards the first fastening element 605 of themask base 105. Upon rolling the mouth piece 135, the user may attach thesecond fastening element 615 to the first fastening element 605 of themask base 105. In a rolled position, both the second fastening element615 and the second fastening element 620 of the mouth piece may beattached to the first fastening element 605 of the mask base 105. Whenthe mouth piece 135 is in a rolled position, the user may be sure thatthe mouth piece 135 will not be lost because the mouth piece 135 isattached to the mask base 105.

FIG. 7 shows a front perspective view 700 of a face mask 101 with apartially removable mouth piece 135, according to an example embodiment.The face mask 101 may have a mask base 105 with an aperture. The maskbase 105 may have one or more first fastening elements 125. The one ormore first fastening elements 125 may be placed, for example, to theright from the aperture 110.

The face mask 101 may further include one or more second fasteningelements 150 attached to the mouth piece 135. The one or more secondfastening elements 150 may be attached at one edge 705 of the mouthpiece 135. The second fastening elements 150 on the edge 705 of themouth piece 105 may be attachable to the one or more first fasteningelements 125 of the mask base 105.

Another edge 710 of the mouth piece 135 may be permanently attached tothe mask base 105. For example, a stitch may be made along the edge 710of the mouth piece 135 to attach the edge 710 to the mask base 105. Whena user wants to consume food or beverages, the user may detach the edge705 of the mouth piece 135 from the mask base 105 by detaching the oneor more second fastening elements 150 of the mouth piece 135 from theone or more first fastening elements 125 of the mask base 105. Upondetaching the edge 705, the edge 710 of the mouth piece 135 remainsconnected to the mask base 105. FIG. 7 shows the mouth piece 135 in anattached position.

In an example embodiment, the mask base 105 may optionally include afirst fastening element 715 disposed adjacent to the edge 710 of themouth piece 135. When the edge 705 is detached from the mask base 105,the mouth piece 135 can be rolled up in a direction of the edge 710. Theone or more second fastening elements 150 of the mouth piece 135 can beattached to the first fastening element 715 of the mask base 105 toattach the edge 710 to the mask base 105. Therefore, upon rolling andattaching the edge 705 to the first fastening element 715 of the maskbase 105, the mouth piece will not be hanging freely and bother theuser. The face mask 101 with partially attached mouth piece 135 can beused by children if their parents are concerned with the children losingthe mouth piece.

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view 800 of the face mask 101 shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 8 shows the mouth piece 135 in a partially detached position.Specifically, the edge 705 of the mouth piece 135 is detached from themask base 105 by detaching the one or more second fastening elements 150of the mouth piece 135 from the one or more first fastening elements 125of the mask base 105.

The process of making the face mask can commence with takingmeasurements of a user by a manufacturer of the face mask. As analternative, a user can provide their parameters by email to or sharetheir measurements via another convenient way. Then, the user can choosea fabric or another available material or provide their own material forthe face mask. Next, as shown in FIG. 2 , masks are designed based onthe measurements, cut out, and attached to each other as described abovewith reference to FIG. 2 . Thus, the user may pick out the fabric from alist of CDC-compliant materials for the face mask and then the fabriccan be custom fit onto the face of the user. The removable mouth pieceallows the user to remain protected while the user eats, drinks, orsmokes.

In an example embodiment, the user may order a set of similar face masksfor an event for all the guests to have the masks of the same type,material, or color. The face masks may be ordered and/or used for anyevent including but not limited to a wedding, a party, crowded events,sporting events, concert events, large indoor and outdoor gatherings,going to a restaurant or any public place, enjoying daily life andactivities, and so forth.

Thus, face masks with removable and partially removable mouth pieceshave been described. Although embodiments have been described withreference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident thatvarious modifications and changes can be made to these exampleembodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of thepresent application. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are tobe regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.

What is claimed is:
 1. A face mask comprising: a mask base having anaperture in a middle portion of the mask base, the mask base including:the two outer layers including a first outer layer and a second outerlayer; and one or more inner layers disposed between the first outerlayer and the second outer layer; one or more first fastening elementsattached to the mask base; two earpieces attached to the mask base; amouth piece, the mouth piece including: two external layers including afirst external layer and a second external layer; and one or moreinternal layers disposed between the first external layer and the secondexternal layer; and one or more second fastening elements attached tothe mouth piece, the mouth piece being configured to connect to the maskbase by joining the one or more second fastening elements to the one ormore first fastening elements.
 2. The face mask of claim 1, furthercomprising a first secure band and a second secure band, the firstsecure band and second secure band being disposed between the firstouter layer and the second outer layer of the mask base, the firstsecure band securing a portion above the aperture of the mask base andthe second secure band securing a portion below the aperture of the maskbase.
 3. The face mask of claim 1, further comprising a nose bridge. 4.The face mask of claim 1, wherein the two external layers and one ormore internal layers of the mouth piece are made of a transparentmaterial.
 5. The face mask of claim 1, wherein the two outer layers andthe two external layers are made of a fabric.
 6. The face mask of claim1, wherein the one or more inner layers and the one or more internallayers are breathable.
 7. The face mask of claim 1, wherein the twoouter layers, the one or more inner layers, the two external layers, andthe one or more internal layers are compliant with Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC).
 8. The face mask of claim 1, wherein theone or more first fastening elements and the one or more secondfastening elements include Velcro elements.
 9. The face mask of claim 1,wherein the aperture is selected from one or more of the following: anelliptic aperture, a round aperture, a square aperture, and arectangular aperture.
 10. The face mask of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece is configured to cover the aperture when the mouth piece isconnected to the mask base.
 11. A face mask comprising: a mask basehaving an aperture in a middle portion of the mask base, the mask baseincluding: the two outer layers including a first outer layer and asecond outer layer; one or more inner layers disposed between the firstouter layer and the second outer layer; one or more first fasteningelements attached to the mask base; two earpieces attached to the maskbase; a mouth piece, the mouth piece including: two external layers, thetwo external layers including a first external layer and an externalouter layer; two internal layers disposed between the first externallayer and the second external layer; and one or more second fasteningelements attached to the mouth piece, the mouth piece having a firstedge being permanently attached to the mask base, the mouth piecefurther having a second edge being configured to connect to the maskbase by joining the one or more second fastening elements to the one ormore first fastening elements.
 12. The face mask of claim 11, furthercomprising a first secure band and a second secure band, the firstsecure band and second secure band being disposed between the firstouter layer and the second outer layer of the mask base, the firstsecure band securing a portion above the aperture of the mask base andthe second secure band securing a portion below the aperture of the maskbase.
 13. The face mask of claim 11, further comprising a nose bridge.14. The face mask of claim 11, wherein the two external layers and oneor more internal layers of the mouth piece are made of a transparentmaterial.
 15. The face mask of claim 11, wherein the two outer layersand the two external layers are made of a fabric.
 16. The face mask ofclaim 11, wherein the one or more inner layers and the one or moreinternal layers are breathable.
 17. The face mask of claim 11, whereinthe two outer layers, the one or more inner layers, the two externallayers, and the one or more internal layers are compliant with Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 18. The face mask of claim 11,wherein the one or more first fastening elements and the one or moresecond fastening elements include Velcro elements.
 19. The face mask ofclaim 11, wherein the mouth piece is configured to cover the aperturewhen the one or more second fastening elements are connected to the oneor more first fastening elements.
 20. A face mask comprising: a maskbase having an aperture in a middle portion of the mask base, the maskbase including: the two outer layers including a first outer layer and asecond outer layer; and one or more inner layers disposed between thefirst outer layer and the second outer layer; one or more firstfastening elements attached to the mask base; two earpieces attached tothe mask base; a mouth piece, the mouth piece including: the twoexternal layers including a first external layer and a second externallayer; and one or more internal layers disposed between the firstexternal layer and the second external layer, wherein the two externallayers and the one or more internal layers of the mouth piece are madeof a transparent material; and one or more second fastening elementsattached to the mouth piece, the mouth piece being configured to connectto the mask base by joining the one or more second fastening elements tothe one or more first fastening elements; wherein the mouth piece isconfigured to cover the aperture when the one or more second fasteningelements are connected to the one or more first fastening elements; anda first secure band and a second secure band, the first secure band andsecond secure band being disposed between the first outer layer and thesecond outer layer of the mask base, the first secure band securing aportion above the aperture of the mask base and the second secure bandsecuring a portion below the aperture of the mask base.